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title: pause()
crumb: '@remotion/studio'
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# pause()<AvailableFrom v="4.0.287"/>

Pauses playback in the Remotion Studio.

## Examples

```tsx twoslash title="Pause on button click"
import {pause} from '@remotion/studio';

const PauseButton = () => {
  return <button onClick={pause}>Pause</button>;
};
```

```tsx twoslash title="Pause programmatically"
import {pause} from '@remotion/studio';

// Pause playback
pause();
```

## See also

- [play()](/docs/studio/play)
- [toggle()](/docs/studio/toggle)
- [seek()](/docs/studio/seek)
- [Source code for this function](https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion/blob/main/packages/studio/src/api/pause.ts)
